Gianna Pagni is a very influential teacher in NSW with over 25 years of experience in Italian language teaching. She has been one of the lead curriculum writers of Australian Curriculum: Italian. She is a lead teacher at Open High School in Sydney and has been involved in all aspects of teaching including working for the Board of Studies on all aspects of the HSC process. One of her areas of expertise is professional development of language teachers and developing digital resources for the distance education courses. She is the lead author on Parliamo Italiano Insieme level 2.

Cesare Popoli is a language teacher with an extensive Italian and Spanish teaching experience in NSW. He currently teaches secondary senior students at Open High School and adults at the Italian Institute of Culture and the University of Sydney’s Centre for Continuing Education. Cesare has an extensive experience as course writer, editor and advisor in both Italian, Spanish and Portuguese courses for Beginners, Continuers and Extension students. Over the last few years he has been working with the NSW Board of Studies on HSC exam writing, consulting and marking. He also worked as a Producer/Broadcaster on the SBS Italian Radio program and was a sessional lecturer at the University of Technology in Sydney.

Margherita Ghezzi is a highly experienced languages publisher, who also worked as an Italian teacher in Victoria, primarily in the Catholic sector. She commissioned the Parliamo Italiano Insieme series and designed the course in 2012. She was part of the Australian Curriculum: Italian writing team and has been acting as lead author on level 1. She is currently undertaking a PhD in Education at the University of Melbourne with Joe Lo Bianco.

Michela Pellizon is a Victorian teacher with several years of experience in the independent sector. She has worked at Melbourne Girls Grammar and is now teaching at the Academy of Mary Immaculate in Fitzroy. She is heavily involved in the Italian teaching community in Victoria: she is a regular presenter at VATI, managed the Swinburne Junior Italian Poetry Competition and is a VCE Italian assessor. She graduated from the University of Triest in Italy and she is currently completing a Master of Education at the University of Melbourne.